Talk:USS Scorpion

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Nukes[edit]

It is physically impossible for a fast-attack submarine to carry nuclear missles. They don't have the physical length or width required needed to house the 'Sherwood Forest' section where missles were kept and launched from.— Unsigned, by: 2600:1003:b018:6a12:682c:c5d5:b50f:5764 / talk 04:28, 29 September 2019‎

You have assumed that the United States Navy's only nuclear weapons at the time was the Polaris missileWikipedia. This is not true. The Scorpion was reported to have been carrying two nuclear-tipped Mark 45 torpedosWikipedia when she went down. —Cosmikdebris (talk) 14:51, 29 September 2019 (UTC)